végétative
\ve.ʒe.ta.tiv\
The verdict
“végétative” is uncommon French (frequency #60,473 among 2,061 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,473
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de végétatif.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vegetative · végétative · French
végétative · rank #60,473 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,473
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH voili
Nearest frequency peer: voili (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « végétative »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- virgo
virgo
39,532 corpus weight
- visionnement
visionnement
39,531 corpus weight
- vivrons
vivrons
39,530 corpus weight
- voili
voili
39,529 corpus weight
- végétative
végétative
39,528 corpus weight
- waou
waou
39,526 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « végétative » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | végétative |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ve.ʒe.ta.tiv\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « végétative » en français
Rare enough to double-check
végétative is uncommon French at frequency #60,473 among 2,061 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ve.ʒe.ta.tiv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de végétatif.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for végétative, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is végétative, spelled V-É-G-É-T-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Féminin singulier de végétatif.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how végétative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il existait donc, à l’époque hellénistique, une certaine tendance à « désanimiser » la vie (du moins sa partie purement végétative - dans les cas cités, celle des plantes et de l’embryon), et cela au profit d’une « nature » propre aux êtres vivants.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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